Kernels for RC and RC++ are identical to B5 and B5++. I could make a ton of excuses, no excuses.

Everything is in place. Slickpet should work as expected for drivers and correct kernel sources. Please test. Much stuff has filtered through to mirrors, but k2.6.39.4 and source rc devx is still uploading [1800hrsGMT 111007].

Hi Mick,
Enjoy your trip !
thanks for the ... string ! I couldnt resist to burn and test it on my Laptop (...Siliconmotion video) before this thread got opened !

This post several times edited after various testings of slacko 5.29.5 on this Laptop:
1. booting with pfix=ram: if SiliconMotion driver is <choosen> among the full list of drivers, then xorgwizard returns to prompt.
[an xorg.conf file has however been created, verified doing cd /etc/X11.]

Code:

puppypc15601 login: root (automatic login)
#

2. further, starting again xorgwizard and choosing <Probe> instead, returns to the prompt after the "Silicon* enhancement" box. Here doing xwin brings X to a black screen.
At this point, doing whatever Alt-Ctrl-BS or Alt-Ctrl-Del or Ctrl-C doesn't bring anything! So did a "forced poweroff". No slackosave file saved.
3. Good news now: rebooting fresh again with pfix=ram and choosing <Probe> brings the X to start the desktop using vesa. Here a slackosave.3fs file may be saved. Further attempts to set xorgwizard to the siliconmotion driver result as described in paragraph 2. above (drivers full list again).
(slacko has been installed by using a usb stick to copy the iso content to the Laptop; this live-cd indeed couldn't be red on its dvd reader ... happens somme times)
4. Now on the savefile created under 3. above having installed:
-xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.5-i486.pet (see B5 thread)
-xf86-video-vesa-2.3.0-i486.pet
-xorgfor_Charlie-0.7.pet ... modified by editing /usr/sbin/xorgwizard replacing:

Code:

207 wa) XKEYMAP="fr" ;; #wangbe

by

Code:

207 be) XKEYMAP="be" ;; #be-latin1

then starting xorgwizard again and choosing <Probe> brings automatically "smi" driver to be active .
Moreover; deleting the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/synaptics.conf brings the touchpad to be active.
Touchpad setting with Flsyclient returns

Code:

Error: synaptics module not loaded

Big difference with the earlier tests on B5: here xorgwizard always proposes the drivers full list; there were only 'siliconmotion' and 'vesa' on last B5 tests.
During B5 testings, I have used a savefile created on slacko4.99.1 ... this maybe makes a difference too...?

5. Another way to get slacko 5.29.5 working is to update from an existing slackosave first created with versions 4.99.1 or 4.99.2 (i.e. frugal install) - not 4.99.4 and later !:
5.1 xorg.conf just needs being edited by adding

Hope this helps.
Anyway, again, I send you all my gratefulness for your work !
Charlie

ps:
- I also could reproduce the above tests on slacko5.29.6. Time to frugal boot is 65 sec.; whereas 45 sec for 5.29.5.
- CPU use : on both versions, HTop reports a cpu ranging from 0 to 42% with a rough estimated middle value of 20% ... I have no idea... isn't it a bit too much ? Or maybe normal on such a light and slow PC (600MHz, 192MBRam) ?Last edited by charlie6 on Sun 09 Oct 2011, 04:28; edited 5 times in total

did pfix=ram frugal manual install to ext4. slickpet downloaded mesa driver installed and works, previous troublesome broadcom wifi found on wlan0 by SNS then configured and made the connection without issue.

what doesn't work again as reported in B5++ appears to be the multi-sound card. it will configure HDMI 0 and output sound but only until mplayer closes.

the sound settings require resetting each time something is played. think I was the only one reporting this but in other pups such as 528, 529 the multi-sound card kept the settings persistently so doubt it is my hardware.

Did you have any problems with save-session back to the media? Or the Live media reboot using its save-session?

BTW That quite a PC you've got. Speaking for myself, I can't wait to get behind the wheel of one of those. Congrats!_________________Get ACTIVE Create Circles; Do those good things which benefit people's needs!
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